Phase+3+Project+Plan

= **Phase 3 Project Plan** =

**General Topic:** History of Western Civilizations **Specific Topic:** The French Revolution **Audience for Project:** High school world history students, preferably 9th or 10th graders

**French Revolution: Chart and Graph Tools**
**//Topic Overview//** The French Revolution occurred from 1789-1799 in France. It ended the era of monarchical rule in France and set the foundation for democracy and equality in France. A large government deficit combined with bad harvests and social inequalities led to unrest in France in the late 1800s. While the Revolution had idealistic goals influenced by Enlightenment ideas in the beginning, radicalism took over in the early 1790s. This led to a killing spree known as the Reign of Terror and government corruption. During this short time period, France went through many failed governments and there were many unnecessary executions.

**//Task//** Using Create a Graph, will create and display 3 charts related to the French Revolution in order to display the disconnect between the original goals of the Revolution and the solution as it played out. The first two charts will display the societal division of population and land before the Revolution in order to display the fact that land was not equally divided (the main point being that the Third Estate comprised most of the population, but held the least amount of land). Upon seeing these charts and based on their prior knowledge, the class should be able to determine through discussion that the Third Estate would lead the Revolution in order to create equality across the population. The third chart will display the percentage from each Estate killed during the Reign of Terror. The class should predict that the majority of the people killed during the Reign of Terror would be from the First and Second Estates, since they were the wealthier classes who were against the Revolution, and the purpose of the Reign of Terror was to rid France of anti-Revolutionaries. However, the chart will make clear that the majority of people killed during the Reign of Terror actually came from the Third Estate.

**//Process/Guidance//** I will create the three charts described above. Included with the charts will be guided questions for the instructor in order to lead the discussion that is described above. The objective is for the students to analyze whether or not the goals of the French Revolution were met during the Reign of Terror, and the guiding questions will be created to lead students to meeting this objective.

**//Evaluation//** This activity is primarily instructor-led. However, students can be evaluated based on their participation in the class discussion or an exit ticket at the end of class examining the question: Were the goals of the French Revolution met?

**//Reflection//** The French Revolution seems fairly cut and dry while presenting the beginning of the unit because the inequalities in French society pre-Revolution are so glaringly obvious. However, it is often lost upon students that these original inequalities and goals are largely ignored as the French Revolution goes on. The charts will offer a simple visual display to help lead students to come to this conclusion.